Its story

HIP 12285 has a visual magnitude of about 6.84: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12285: right ascension 2h 38m 15s, declination −41° 33′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Fornax constellation (IAU figure For).

HIP 12285. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12285, HD 16590, Gaia DR3 4951716796842372480. In the SkyKeepsake Fornax (For) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.